As President Joe Biden looks to boost his reelection campaign and lousy poll numbers, there's one policy position that is popular with voters, could help unite Democrats and would leave Republicans scrambling to respond.
In 2012, then-Vice President Biden provided the initial public push that helped President Barack Obama off the fence on the issue of marriage equality whose views changed and evolved over two decades, like much of America.
For a long time, it made sense for Biden to lag behind public opinion on this issue, even if it promised short-term positive publicity. Presidents polarize. Had Biden run on legalization in 2020, or moved strongly toward it early in his presidency, he would have risked hardening opposition among Republicans. It also would have hurt the prospects for change and canceled out any public opinion advantages. It made more sense for him to oppose legalization as a candidate in 2020, and have taken only modest steps in that direction as president.
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